Moving a SQL Cluster – The really easy way
A while ago (like 5 years ago) I wrote an article about how I migrated a virtualized SQL cluster from an old SAN to a new SAN. It is still…
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HP AP770B (Brocade 825) Direct Attach SAN Fix
Yesterday while setting up a new SAN for a customer I ran into issues when I tried to connect the ESXi hosts. The servers saw the HP branded Brocade 825…
How-To: Migrate MS SQL Cluster to a New SAN
During a recent SAN installation I ran into a Microsoft SQL cluster that needed to be migrated from an old SAN to a new SAN. After doing a bunch of…
EMC VNX5300: My First Encounter
I have worked with several EMC SAN’s as well as a slew of SAN’s from other vendors, but I had not yet gotten the opportunity to mess around with a…
RAID10: Do you really need it?
This past week I installed an EMC VNXe 3100, the install went well and the new Unisphere Interface made it a snap to get the VMware ESXi boxes added. One…
Datastore Provisioned Space vs Free Space
Last week I was asked by a customer which datastore would be the best location for a new virtual machine. They asked because while all of their datastores were showing…
EMC VNXe 3100: My First Look
Last week I unboxed my first EMC VNXe 3100 SAN for a client. At first glance the VNXe looks much like the Clariion AX4, the only thing that is different…
HP P2000 G3, What we really think
I received a P2000 G3 FC/iSCSI combo array from HP in mid-December so I could do some reviews as a, sort of, follow up to the G2 model that I…
Open-E SAN Synchronous Replication
Today I was troubleshooting some performance issues between two Open-E SAN’s and found some pretty interesting information for anyone who is considering going with this product. Before I get into…
ISCSI Performance
This blog post is to measure difference performance via different ISCSI paths to the same Microsoft Datastore. Storage: Directly from the Microsoft Storage Server 2008. This is not an ISCSI…